From John Lin

Question 1

rumble

Answer 1

轟隆聲 A rumble is a low continuous noise.

Question 2

gush

Answer 2

冒出 When liquid gushes out of something, or when something gushes a liquid, the liquid flows out very quickly and in large quantities.

Question 3

reprieve

Answer 3

暂缓，延缓 A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.

Question 4

art-cum-

Answer 4

藝術暨…

Question 5

hangout

Answer 5

（某一群人）常去的地方，聚集处 If a place is a hangout for a particular group of people, they spend a lot of time there because they can relax and meet other people there.

Question 6

morph

Answer 6

改变If one thing morphs into another thing, especially something very different, the first thing changes into the second.
Mild-mannered Stanley morphs into a confident, grinning hero.

Question 7

credibility

Answer 7

可靠性 If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.

Question 8

washout

Answer 8

大败 If an event or plan is a washout, it fails completely.

The mission was a washout.

Question 9

oodles

[ˈudlz]

Answer 9

很多 If you say that there is oodles of something, you are emphasizing that there is a very large quantity of it.

The recipe calls for oodles of melted chocolate.

Question 10

fabrication

Answer 10

捏造If someone fabricates information, they invent it in order to deceive people.

Question 11

sup

Answer 11

小口地喝 If you sup something, you drink it, especially by taking small amounts.

Question 12

contrive

[kənˈtraɪvd]

Answer 12

人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的 If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.

Question 13

take in

Answer 13

观看;欣赏;参观 If you take in something such as a film or a museum, you go to see it.

I was wondering if you might want to take in a movie with me this evening.

Question 14

gawp=gawk

Answer 14

呆呆地看；无礼地瞪视 To gawk at someone or something means to stare at them in a rude, stupid, or unthinking way.

The youth continued to gawk at her and did not answer.

Question 15

bob

Answer 15

像物体在水中飘浮似的）上下移动，起伏 If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.

Question 16

drone

Answer 16

嗡嗡叫 If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.

Question 17

blossom

Answer 17

变得有魅力；变得成功 If someone or something blossoms, they develop good, attractive, or successful qualities.

Question 18

ethos

[ˈi:θɑ:s]

Answer 18

气质，精神特质，风气，思潮 An ethos is the set of ideas and attitudes that is associated with a particular group of people or a particular type of activity.

Question 19

pervade

Answer 19

贯穿；弥漫；渗透 If something pervades a place or thing, it is a noticeable feature throughout it.

…the corruption that pervades every stratum of the country…

Question 20

balladeer

[ˌbæləˈdɪr]

Answer 20

民谣歌手

a ukulele[ˌjukəˈleli, ˌukə-] balladeer entertains the crowds

Question 21

temperate

Answer 21

温和的，心平气和的，平心静气的 If a person’s behaviour is temperate, it is calm and reasonable, so that they do not get angry or lose their temper easily.

His final report to the President was far more temperate and balanced than the earlier memorandum.

Question 22

lend

Answer 22

平添；增添；赋予 If something lends a particular quality to something else, it adds that quality to it.

Enthusiastic applause lent a sense of occasion to the proceedings.

Question 23

factor in

Answer 23

将…计入;将…考虑进去 If you factor a particular cost or element into a calculation you are making, or if you factor it in, you include it.

Question 24

instructive

Answer 24

增进知识的;有教育意义的;有启发性的 Something that is instructive gives useful information.

Question 25

cult

Answer 25

热潮;关注 The cult of something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special.

Question 26

headlong

Answer 26

快速地 If you move headlong in a particular direction, you move there very quickly.

Question 27

dash

Answer 27

飞奔;猛冲 If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.

Question 28

toll

Answer 28

造成恶果(或不利影响、痛苦等) If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.

Winter takes its toll on your health…

Question 29

relentless

Answer 29

不间断的；未减轻的 Something bad that is relentless never stops or never becomes less intense.

The pressure now was relentless.

Question 30

imposition

Answer 30

…the imposition of a ban on cycling in the city centre.

强制实行不许在市中心骑自行车的禁令

Question 31

mentality

Answer 31

心态;思维方式 Your mentality is your attitudes and your way of thinking.

Question 32

bandwagon

Answer 32

（尤指政客顺应的）时髦，潮流 If someone, especially a politician, jumps or climbs on the bandwagon, they become involved in an activity or movement because it is fashionable or likely to succeed and not because they are really interested in it.

Question 33

spawn

Answer 33

产生;造成;引起 If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen or to be created.

Question 34

virtuous

Answer 34

有德行的;道德高尚的;正直的 A virtuous person behaves in a moral and correct way.

Question 35

conspicuous

Answer 35

显眼的;引人注目的 If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.

Question 36

unbridled

[ʌnˈbraɪdl:d]

Answer 36

无约束的；放肆的；放纵的 If you describe behaviour or feelings as unbridled, you mean that they are not controlled or limited in any way.

..the unbridled greed of the 1980s.

Question 37

heath

Answer 37

荒野，荒原 A heath is an area of open land covered with rough grass or heather and with very few trees or bushes.

Question 38

downshift

Answer 38

放慢生活节奏（调换强度较低工作以减轻压力) If someone downshifts, they leave a job that is well-paid but stressful for a less demanding job and a more enjoyable way of life.

Question 39

oft

Answer 39

表示“时常”，“经常” Oft- combines with past participles to form adjectives that mean that something happens or is done often.

Question 40

buffet

Answer 40

（严峻局势）冲击，打击 If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them.

The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals.

Question 41

stun

Answer 41

使昏迷;使眩晕;打昏 If something such as a blow on the head stuns you, it makes you unconscious or confused and unsteady.

Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.

Question 42

might

Answer 42

权力;力量;能力 Might is power or strength.

Question 43

mantle

Answer 43

(指某一职业或要职的)责任，职责 If you take on the mantle of something such as a profession or an important job, you take on the responsibilities and duties which must be fulfilled by anyone who has this profession or job.

Glasgow has broadened its appeal since taking on the mantle of European City of Culture in 1990…
自从1990年荣获“欧洲文化之都”的光荣称号以来，格拉斯哥的魅力大

Question 44

in the fast lane

Answer 44

紧张而刺激的生活 If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure.

Question 45

compelling

Answer 45

令人信服的;有说服力的 A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.

Factual and forensic evidence makes a suicide verdict the most compelling answer to the mystery of his death…

非常有趣的;很有吸引力的 If you describe something such as a film or book, or someone’s appearance, as compelling, you mean you want to keep looking at it or reading it because you find it so interesting.

…a frighteningly violent yet compelling film..

Question 46

snuggle

Answer 46

依偎，舒适地蜷卧 If you snuggle somewhere, you settle yourself into a warm, comfortable position, especially by moving closer to another person

Question 47

whereby

Answer 47

凭此;借以 A system or action whereby something happens is one that makes that thing happen.

They voted to accept a deal whereby the union will receive nearly three-quarters of a million pounds from the International Miners Organisation.

Question 48

thereby

Answer 48

因此;由此;从而 You use thereby to introduce an important result or consequence of the event or action you have just mentioned.

Our bodies can sweat, thereby losing heat by evaporation.

Question 49

per annum

Answer 49

每年 A particular amount per annum means that amount each year

Kenya’s population is growing at 4.1 per cent per annum.

Question 50

dub

Answer 50

给…起绰号;把…称作 If someone or something is dubbed a particular thing, they are given that description or name.

At the height of her career, Orson Welles dubbed her ‘the most exciting woman in the world’.